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Exploitation of rare earth catalysts in polymer syntheses

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Frontiers of Chemistry in China

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The studies over forty years on rare earth catalysts in polymer syntheses of diene, alkyne, alkylene oxide, thiirane, carbon dioxide copolymerization, lactide, caprolactone, cyclic carbonate and so forth in China have been reviewed.

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Shen, Z. Exploitation of rare earth catalysts in polymer syntheses. Front. Chem. China 1, 247–259 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11458-006-0031-z

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